Birdy Biography Part 2 (CC2)

MY Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Shark Attack”- Grouplove

2. “Just A Game”- Birdy

3. “Eclipse”- Metric

4. “Breathing Underwater”- Metric

5. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

6. “Skinny Love”- Birdy

7. “No Light, No Light”- Florence + the Machines

8. “Who We Are”- Imagine Dragons

9. “Ours”- The Bravery

10.  “Paradise”- Coldplay

And Now, The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For…

Let the games begin! I’m just kidding. For those of you who want to know what became of Birdy, here is the second half of her biography.

Birdy’s Biography:

Birdy started off by recreating songs done by other artists in order to get her name, and her voice, out there. She collected all of these songs together along with one original one into her debut album. It was released on November 7, 2011. It became wildly popular all over Europe. On December 21, 2011 she received a Golden Single in the Netherlands for selling more than 25,000 copies of her album! The next day, she received the same award in Belgium! Her debut album reached number one on Australia’s tracks in August 2012. “Skinny Love” and “People Help The People” were the top songs from this album. Over the course of the next two years, 2012 and 2013, Birdy contributed her music to many shows and movies. “Just A Game” was released in The Hunger Games soundtrack in March 2012. In June 2012, Birdy collaborated with Mumford and Sons to create the song “Learn Me Right” for the movie Brave. For this, she received her FIRST Grammy Award nomination! Her “Live In London” EP was released on August 7, 2012. It contained eight songs including “Just A Game”. Birdy performed her cover of “Bird Gerhl” in the opening of the Paralympic Games on August 29, 2012. On February 16, 2013 she sang at the most famous Italian music festival. This is just naming a few of her many accomplishments. These are the most essential to Birdy’s rise to fame. I love her songs, and I can’t wait to hear more!    

Top Songs: Week of April 28 (CC1)

Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

2. “Come With Me Now”- KONGOS

3. “Bad Blood”- Bastille

4. “Do I Wanna Know?”- Arctic Monkeys

5. “Fever”- The Black Keys

6. “Fall In Love”- Phantogram

7. “Come A Little Closer”- Cage the Elephant

8. “Magic”- Coldplay

9. “I Wanna Get Better”- Bleachers

10.  “Giants”- Bear Hands 

Upcoming Concerts:

The next concert will actually be tomorrow! Yes, you heard me…never mind. You get the point. All Time Low will be performing at the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, New York at 6:30p.m. Dead Winter Carpenters have a concert on Wednesday, April 30^th at 8:00p.m. It will be held at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, New York. Staind will be performing on back-to-back days. These two days will be Thursday, May 1^st and Friday, May 2^nd. They will BOTH be held at 8:00p.m. at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Showroom in Verona, New York. I REPEAT, BOTH OF THESE CONCERTS WILL BE HELD AT THE SAME PLACE, AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE BAND WILL BE THE SAME. Phew, now that we have that out of the way… The next concert after that will actually be a tour. The Revolver Golden Gods Tour Featuring Black Label Society will be playing on Monday, May 5^th at 6:30p.m. The location will be the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, New York. The last two concert dates that I’ll be posting this week will both take place on Thursday, May 8^th. Framing Hanley will be performing at 6:30p.m. at The Lost Horizon in Syracuse, New York while Seether will be performing at 7:00p.m. at the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, New York. On a side note, my birthday is almost here! However, there aren’t any concerts on that day which is weird because it’s a Saturday. Oh well, until next time!  

Birdy Biography Part 1 (BB2)

My Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Just A Game”- Birdy

2. “Breathing Underwater”- Metric

3. “Shark Attack”- Grouplove

4. “Eclipse”- Metric

5. “No Light, No Light”- Florence + the Machine

6. “King and Lionheart”- Of Monsters and Men

7. “Monster”- Paramore

8. “Violet Hill”- Coldplay

9. “Skinny Love”- Birdy

10. “Believe”- The Bravery

What Time Is It?

Its biography time of course! I haven’t done one of these in FOREVER. This week’s will be for Birdy. I love her voice so much! Without further ado, I give you Birdy’s biography!

Birdy’s Biography:

First of all, Birdy’s real name is Jasmine van den Bogaerde. She was born in Lymington, Hampshire in the U.K. on May 15^th, 1996. Fame seems to run in her family seeing as her mother is a concert pianist, and her great uncle was an actor. Jasmine learned how to play the piano when she was seven, and started to write her own music when she was eight. Her career started when she was just twelve! Jasmine’s stage name was just her nickname that her parents gave her. The only people that call her Jasmine are her teachers. Anyways, her career started in 2008 when she won the Open Mic U.K. talent contest. Birdy won in her category as well as the Grand Prize. She beat 10,000 people and performed her own song, “So Be Free”. When she was fourteen, she released a cover version of Bon Iver’s song “Skinny Love”. This became her first hit on the U.K. Singles Chart. It was number 17! This song has gone far. It received Record of the Week, was featured in two television shows, and was sung on the Ellen DeGeneres show live. Her career has continued to escalate since then. You’ll never know what has become of Birdy…until next time!

Weird Places That I Heard Alternative Music (BB1)

Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Come With Me Now”- KONGOS

2. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

3. “Do I Wanna Know?”- Arctic Monkeys

4. “Bad Blood”- Bastille

5. “Fever”- The Black Keys

6. “Fall In Love”- Phantogram

7. “Come A Little Closer”- Cage the Elephant

8. “Magic”- Coldplay

9. “Team”- Lorde

10.  “Pompeii”- Bastille

Upcoming Concerts:

There were several concerts over the past week. I will post a couple of concerts up until May 1^st. I See Stars will be performing tomorrow at 6:00pm. It will take place in the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, New York. All Time Low has two concerts scheduled to happen within the month. The first one will be on Saturday, April 26^th at 8:00pm. It’ll be located in the F Shed at the Market in Syracuse, New York. The second one will be on Tuesday, April 29^th at 6:30pm. Five Iron Frenzy will also be performing on the 26^th at 8:00pm. However, the location is different. The concert will be in Westcott Theater at Syracuse, New York. Dead Winter Carpenters will be performing on Wednesday, April 30^th at 8:00pm. The concert will be held in The Lost Horizon at Syracuse, New York. The last and final concert date that I’ll be posting for this week will be for Staind. The concert will be on Thursday, May 1^st at 8:00pm. It’ll be held in the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Showroom in Verona, New York.

Random Information:

I’m back yet again! Spring break just ended. I did encounter alternative music in the weirdest places. The first time was when I went to visit my cousin. We were sitting in the front yard when a car pulled in across the street blaring “The Walker”. The second time was when I was eating breakfast at a hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I can’t remember what the song was, but it was really random compared to the other songs that were being played. The third, and final, time was when I was at my grandma’s house on Easter. My cousins and I were playing soccer outside when all of a sudden, I heard “It’s About Time” playing! One of her neighbors was doing yard work while listening to the radio. Well, that’s all for now!

Interesting Info-Yes It Is (AA 2)

My Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. "Just A Game"- Birdy

2. "Breathing Underwater"- Metric

3."Skinny Love"- Birdy

4. "Shark Attack"- Grouplove

5. "Believe"- The Bravery

6. "King And Lionheart"- Of Monsters and Men

7. "The Walker"- Fitz and the Tantrums

8. "Violet Hill"- Coldplay

9. "No Light No Light"- Florence + the Machine

10.  "Lithium"- Evanescence 

Welcome Back Everyone!

I hope that you enjoyed the something new that I posted last week. I just felt the need to change my blog up a little bit. I'll apologize in advance if my blog posts have been boring you. I do have some good news! I FINALLY got the time to look up new concert dates. That only took forever, but I posted almost all of the ones that I found. Seriously, the website listed concerts from tomorrow all the way up to June! I didn't feel the need to put those in there, so I'll update those when we get a little bit closer to that time of the year. Yay summer! Yes, the concert dates WILL be posted on time next time. Anyways, I suppose that I shouldn't keep you in suspense for much longer...the next section of my blog will be the Random News section! I know that you missed it! Next time that I update my blog, I will do a band's biography.

Random News:

I actually have a lot of exciting news for you this week on Music With Mal! Last week Friday, my school had a talent show. I'm in Show Choir and we sang "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay! We were the finale and everyone loved it! One of my friends sang "Skinny Love" by Birdy. I was EXTREMELY excited! The other song by Birdy that I included in my glorious list of favorite songs is "Just A Game". This song is from the Hunger Games Soundtrack. It's from the first movie. I was going through my iPod the other day, and I found it! If you haven't heard it, go listen to it. It's very catchy seeing as how I've been singing it to myself for about...four days now. It's almost as good as "Skinny Love" if not better. Well, that's all for now folks. See you next time!

New Concert Dates (AA 1)

Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Come With Me Now”- KONGOS

2. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

3. “Do I Wanna Know?’- Arctic Monkeys

4. “Bad Blood”- Bastille

5. “Fall In Love”- Phantogram

6. “Fever”- The Black Keys

7. “Come A Little Closer”- Cage the Elephant

8. “Team”- Lorde

9.  “Pompeii”- Bastille

10.  “It’s About Time”- Young the Giant

Performers:	Date:	Time:	Location:
The Hold Steady	Friday 4/11	7:00pm	The Hollow (Albany, New York)
GOO GOO DOLLS- The Otis Midnight Sessions	Saturday 4/12	8:00pm	Bears Den at Seneca Niagara Casino and Hotel
Lazlo Hollyfeld with Snowflake, Hudson Hank, and Humble Braggers	Wednesday 4/16	8:00pm	Tralf (Buffalo, New York)
Lacuna Coil	Tuesday 4/21	7:00pm	Westcott Theater (Syracuse, New York)
I See Stars	Wednesday 4/23	6:00pm	Upstate Concert Hall (Clifton Park, New York)
All Time Low	Saturday 4/26 Tuesday 4/29	8:00pm 6:30pm	F Shed at the Market (Syracuse, New York) Upstate Concert Hall (Clifton Park, New York)
Five Iron Frenzy	Saturday 4/26	8:00pm	Westcott Theater (Syracuse, New York)
Dead Winter Carpenters	Wednesday 4/30	8:00pm	The Lost Horizon (Syracuse, New York)

Staind	Thursday 5/1 Friday 5/2	8:00pm	Turning Stone Resort and Casino Showroom (Verona, New York)
Revolver Golden Gods Tour Featuring Black Label Society	Monday 5/5	6:30pm	Upstate Concert Hall (Clifton Park, New York)
Framing Hanley	Thursday 5/8	6:30pm	The Lost Horizon (Syracuse, New York)
Seether	Thursday 5/8	7:00pm	Upstate Concert Hall (Clifton Park, New York)
Against Me!	Friday 5/9	7:00pm	Upstate Concert Hall (Clifton Park, New York)
Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution	Friday 5/9	8:00pm	Tralf (Buffalo, New York)
Alice in Chains	Monday 5/12	7:30pm	Landmark Theatre (Syracuse, New York)
Morcheeba	Friday 5/16	8:00pm	Warsaw (Brooklyn, New York)

I finally updated the concert dates! I’m soooo sorry for not doing so earlier. I tend to be a slacker sometimes. These should last you all for a while. See you next time!